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Treasure Digging in the 1800s
One of the problems that some people might have with Joseph Smith is that Joseph was involved in treasure digging and using seer stones. Â Richard Bushman and John Dehlin discuss these issues in Part 2 of John’s interview with Richard Bushman. Â This transcript continues immediately after their discussion of the Multiple First Vision accounts. JD, […]
Gender for Intersexuals
Mormonism is a unique religion in it’s belief about gender. Â The Proclamation on the Family states that “Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.” Â But what happens when gender isn’t so clear cut? MSNBC has an interesting article about Intersexuals: people in which the “exact gender of the […]
LDS Film Festival Schedule is Out
I always enjoy going to the LDS Film Festival. This year it will be held in Orem, Utah (Scera Theater) from Jan 25-28. The official schedule will come out on Monday, but some of the bigger films have already been announced here. The biggest headline name is Dean Cain in a film called Sweetwater (a […]
Virtual RS/PH Lesson #27: Beware the Bitter Fruits of Apostasy.
This was originally posted at Mormon Matters on Feb 20, 2009.  I am re-posting it on my website with comments from there. By Mormon Heretic Since Hawkgrrrl does not offer Virtual RS/PH lessons anymore, I thought I’d try my hand at it this one time. My wife was preparing Lesson 27: Beware the Bitter Fruits of Apostasy, […]
